Garforth Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leeds, LS25 1LJ
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Brigshaw High School
Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, WF10 2HR
Local ranking25th of 45 secondary schools in Leeds
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 23 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 51.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 233
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 75.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
55
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 128
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1332
- Boys
- 670 (51%)
- Girls
- 651 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (88% full)
- SEND
- 18.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.9%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,424/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.9%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
92.9%
White British
1.4%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Brigshaw Lane
Castleford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 143238
- UKPRN
- 10057632
- Establishment No.
- 4113
- Trust
- THE BRIGSHAW LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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